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Laim man: No. 65,637, and Juzg 9i 1867.

ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

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To` ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J. A. ROYCE, of Lee, in the county of Berkshire, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Advertising Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear;` and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a portion of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, showing an apparatus constructed according to my invention.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same. i

Similar letters of reference indicate' corresponding parts in both figures.

This invention is more especially designed for use in railroad cars, steamboats, &c.; and it Consists in an endless band furnished with advertising cards, tags, or labels, and'so combined with a suitable ceiling and openings formed therein, that as the aforesaid band is 'operated the cards or labels will be displayed at intervals through the said openings. i

The invention further consists in a wheel constructed with radial floats and arranged at theroofof the car, So combined with an endless band furnished with advertisingcards or tags that the aforesaid wheel, being rotated by the action of the current of air induced by the forward motion of the car, will operatethe endless band to expose the advertising cards-attached thereto successively to'view. A

The invention further consists in certain novel arrangements of parts, whereby themost facile and effective .operation of the main feature of the invention is secured.

l .To enable others to understand the construction and operation of my invention, I will proceed to describe itiwith reference to the drawings. i i

A representsA the roof of a railroad car, and A* indicatesV the elevated centralpart thereof. Situated upon the root' A, at any desired part thereof,`is a case, B, the ends of which are made daring or enlarged, as shown in ldotted out-line in iig. 1. The ends of this case B are open, in order to permit the passage of a current of air through the same as thercar moves forward. A wheel, C, constructed with radial vanesor oats,fa, isso situated within ad below this case B that the iloats at the upper side thereof will extend up into the said case in such manner that the current ofsair just mentioned will-cause the said wheel to revolve. Secured upon one end of the axle a* of the wheel C is a pulley, b, which is connected by `belts e with two rollers, D, situ ated within a space, Bl, formed between root Aand the ceiling 0l of the 'car,the said rollersfsupporting or. carrying an endless band, E, to the outside of which, suspended by their edges, are attached cards, tags, or plates, F, upon which are marked or printed any desired advertisement ordevice. An opening, e, Iof any desired length, and of a width equalto or slightly greater than that of the bandE and the cards attached thereto, is formed in the ceiling a, below each roller D, so that as the said cards are brought over the aforesaid openings they will fall into-a vertical position-"through the same, and thus expose to viewithe advertisements thereon, the.

said advertisements being thus brought very prominently into view. As the car moves forward the air passes through the case B in a current with a' velocity proportioned to the speed of the car, the volume `of air passing .through the said case being materially increased by the greater size of the liaringends thereof, and acts upon the radial Vfloats of the wheel C to communicate a rotary motion to the said Wheel, which, acting through the pulley @fand belts c, revolves the rollersfl), and consequently operates o r revolves the endless band E to bring the cards F successively over the openings e and expose them to view, as hereinbefore'sct fortl1,.the said cards` being held in a horizontal position while passing from one of the said openings to the other by the intervening portion of the ceiling cl. The said cards, as they are carried kover upon'the upper side of the endless band E,

assume by their own weight the horizontal position shown in iig. 1. By these means any desired number of business or other cards or advertisements may be automatically exhibited to the view of the occupants of the car, the said cards or advertisements being shown successively," 4at slight intervals," as they pass to the openingse, as hereinbefore fully set forth. The apparatus may, furthermore,.be employed upon steamboats or other vessels, as Well asu'pon cars and land carriages.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The endless band E, furnished with suspended cards or tags F, in combination with the openings e of the ceiling d, substantially as and for the purpose specified. i

2. The wheel C, constructed with radial floats, and arranged at or upon the roofof the car, in cornbination with the endless band E, furnished with cards or tags, substantially as herein set forth for the purpose specified.

3. The ease B, open at both ends, arranged uponthe roof` of the car and in `relation with the wh-eelC, substantially as herein set forth for the purpose specified.

4. The wheel C, pulleys I), and belts c, arranged in relation with each other and with the rollers D', endloss band E, openings e, and cards or tags F, substantially as herein set forth for the purpose specified.

JOSIAH A. ROYCE.

Witnesses MARsmLL WILoox, PETER QUACKINBUSH 

